Recycle Your Batteries, Canada Battery Recycling made easy!

Take the Battery Recycling Pledge for National Battery Day

Help protect the environment and your community by pledging to keep batteries out of the trash and recycle responsibly instead. Not only are you doing the right thing, you can also WIN merchandise autographed by Christine Sinclair!

Recycle Your Batteries, New Brunswick!

Hey, New Brunswick! It’s time to Collect, Protect, and Drop Off your used batteries!

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BC E-Transport Recycling

In British Columbia, we offer a simple and safe way to ensure your entire e-bike is recycled responsibly when it reaches the end of its life.

Keep Batteries out of the Trash and Recycling Bins

Batteries should NEVER be placed in the trash or regular recycling bins, as they can become damaged and cause fires at waste processing facilities.

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Collect, protect, and drop off your batteries every 3 months

The how, what, why and where of household battery recycling.

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Battery safety

It is everyone’s responsibility to recycle their batteries safely.

Learn about Battery Recycling with Smarty and Boxer

Meet Smarty the Smart Container and his sidekick, Boxer the battery collection box!

The battery recycling journey

Learn more about the lifecycle of a battery.

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The environmental impact of recycling used batteries

Positive change that goes a long way.

Enter the Battery Blitz Contest

Earth Rangers and Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! – A winning combination.

Our Impact in Canada

Batteries collected in 2024

6,800,000 kg

Batteries collected since 1997

55,000,000 kg

Participating drop-off locations

14,800

Environmental Impact

Our Partners

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What batteries can be recycled?

Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! manages the collection and recycling of single-use and rechargeable dry-cell household batteries (weighing up to 5 kg each).

Damaged, defective, and recalled batteries (DDR)

What to do with damaged or defective batteries.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Recycling News

Recycle Your Batteries, New Brunswick!

Hey, New Brunswick! It’s time to Collect, Protect, and Drop Off your used batteries! The Recycle Your Batteries, Canada! program, powered by Call2Recycle, is being launched across New Brunswick, offering you access to a growing network of convenient battery drop-off locations at leading retailers, municipal ...

Celebrating the Winners of our 2025 Circular Economy Month Contest

October 2025 was Circular Economy Month, with Canadians across the country taking action to reduce waste, conserve resources, and support a more sustainable future. Throughout the month, thousands of participants dropped off their used batteries for recycling and entered for a chance ...

Recycle Your Batteries for Circular Economy Month

October is Circular Economy Month! This month invites us to rethink how we use and re-use materials, with a focus on reducing waste, conserving resources, and supporting Canada’s transition to a circular economy.

Get Ready for the Earth Rangers Battery Blitz Contest!

Get ready! The Battery Blitz School Mission Contest is coming this fall to Ontario, Alberta and Prince Edward Island.

Learn about Battery Recycling with Smarty and Boxer

Meet Smarty the Smart Container and his sidekick, Boxer the battery collection box! They star in our new student workbook, designed to support students in their battery recycling journey. Teachers can download and print the workbook to help guide lessons on how batteries work, ...